Women show up

By the way, if you're wondering why coverage of the huge marches yesterday seems kind of muted, it's because those hundreds of thousands weren't sitting in diners in small-town America, and therefore don't count. Also many of them were women.

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in cities across the United States on Sunday for a second day of Women’s Marches, calling for equality and respect while urging supporters to make their voices heard by voting in this year’s midterm elections.

Sunday’s marches were held one year from the day hundreds of thousands of women, donning pink hats, took to the streets of Washington in a stunning display of resistance to President Donald Trump, whose administration many feared could threaten women’s rights.

Not “feared” so much as “knew.” We knew it would, and it has and is. It’s attacking abortion rights, Medicaid, the ACA, and individual women by name.

Thousands took to the streets of European capitals, among them Berlin, Paris and London, on Sunday as part of the global “Women’s March” movement.

One day after large crowds attended protests across the United States and all over the world, including in Rome, Sydney and Buenos Aires, it was northern Europe’s turn. While those who marched rallied against a number of issues — such as the gender pay gap or perceived injustices in the Middle East — they all appeared to share a common dislike for President Trump. The number of rally participants worldwide was lower than the millions who took to the streets a year ago, but the “resistance” against Trump still drew hundreds of thousands.

The “white women” meme? Turns out it’s not exactly right. It’s a specific type of evangelical women and men who voted for the Dump and are still his core base. Yes, they’re white. And yes they’re racists. But glossing over the fundie aspect makes it hard to see that support for what it is.

Funny thing is, the fundies are all over him because they’re convinced he’s going to bring on the Apocalypse. I am not making this up. That’s why they don’t care about all the crimes he’s committed. He’s going to bring on the End Times and they’ll all go to heaven. He’s just a tool. Of God, in their view.

The mind boggles.

White women who are not evangelicals are something like 80% anti-Trump. So it’d be nice if people (not you specifically, John, I just see this everywhere) stopped slagging off White Women™